Six- month-old "Crash" is a survivor.

For three days last week, CRASH lay broken and bleeding, unable to move, unable to find food, unable to get to water. We speculate that his injuries were sustained when he had been hit by a car, and he made it to a yard where he waited for help. It was not until a citizen alerted animal control to his plight that he was rescued, as no one in the area would take responsibility for ownership.

(When a stray dog or cat is found with life-threatening injuries, animal control must make decisions about options for treatment. They often check in with Friends of Animal Control to see if our resources will be helpful as they make decisions on their next step. In this case,on Friday last week, we agreed to find out what was going on with Crash by taking him for x-rays to Animal Emergency & Critical Care of Lynchburg.

The doctors there are objective and forthcoming if they feel a case is too extensive for rescue to manage.)

In this case, x-rays revealed a broken pelvis, and depending on the severity, this is something that sometimes can heal on its own with extended enforced crate rest. We agreed to let Crash rest over the weekend, and on Monday transferred him to Peaksview Animal Hospital for further assessment.

It was determined on Monday that a plate could be inserted to stabilize the broken pelvis, and hopefully he would heal more quickly with few complications. Surgery was scheduled for Thursday, yesterday, and ended up being much more extensive than the x-rays had originally revealed. Several hours of surgery later, our boy Crash made it through to recovery, and is now being medicated with extra strong meds and will spend the weekend at the hospital.





PLEASE NOTE: This pet has been posted by Friends of Campbell County Animal Control, Rustburg, VA. For questions about the pet, please email us at [email protected]. All adoptions begin with an application, found under the "Animals" tab on our website, friendsofcampbellcounty.org. *Unaltered babies under the age of six months can be adopted only to residents of Campbell County, the City of Lynchburg, and counties touching Campbell County. *Unaltered adult pets six months or older will need to be sterilized before they can be adopted outside our local area of Campbell County, the City of Lynchburg, or counties touching Campbell. *We do not promote dog adoptions to homes where an invisible fence is the fencing of choice. *We do not permit cats or kittens to be declawed following adoption.